Sen. Travis Hutson

Construction Defect and Building Code Violation Claims; Revising the limitations period for certain actions founded on the design, planning, or construction of an improvement to real property; revising the circumstances under which a person has a cause of action for a violation of the Florida Building Code; requiring a notice of claim to include an inspection report that is verified by the person conducting the inspection; requiring the court to stay an action if a claimant initiates an action without first accepting or rejecting a supplemental offer, etc.

Local Ordinances; Authorizing courts to assess and award reasonable attorney fees and costs and damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; requiring a board of county commissioners to prepare or cause to be prepared a business impact estimate before the enactment of a proposed ordinance; requiring a county to suspend enforcement of an ordinance that is the subject of a certain legal action if certain conditions are met; authorizing a prevailing county to enforce the ordinance after a specified period, except under certain circumstances; requiring a governing body of a municipality to prepare or cause to be prepared a business impact estimate before the enactment of a proposed ordinance, etc.

Cybersecurity; Requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to develop and publish guidelines and processes for reporting cybersecurity incidents; requiring state agencies to report ransomware incidents and certain cybersecurity incidents to certain entities within specified timeframes; requiring the Cybersecurity Operations Center to provide certain notifications to the Legislature within a specified timeframe; requiring state agency heads to annually provide cybersecurity awareness training to certain persons, etc.

Public Records and Public Meetings/Cybersecurity; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain cybersecurity insurance information, critical infrastructure information, and certain cybersecurity-related information held by an agency; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for portions of a meeting that would reveal certain cybersecurity-related information held by an agency; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program Student Service Requirements; Providing that students may satisfy eligibility requirements for a Florida Academic Scholars, Florida Medallion Scholars, Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars, or a Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award, respectively, by performing a specified number of hours of paid work; authorizing, instead of requiring, such students to identify a specified interest or develop a plan for their service requirements under the program, etc.

Transportation Facility Designations/98 Points of Light Road; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.

Airports; Revising the types of airports eligible for specified funding of master planning and eligible aviation development projects by the Florida Department of Transportation, etc.

Florida Occupational Safety and Health State Plan; Defining the term “state plan”; requiring the Executive Office of the Governor to develop a proposal for a state plan to assert state jurisdiction over occupational safety and health issues for government and private employees; requiring the Division of Risk Management and the Division of Workers’ Compensation within the Department of Financial Services, the Department of Health, and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to assist the office with development of the proposal upon request, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000

Distilled Spirits Displays; Providing that distributors of distilled spirits are not prohibited from in-store servicing of distilled spirits under certain circumstances; defining the term “in-store servicing”, etc.

Craft Distilleries; Authorizing craft distilleries to be licensed as specified vendors under certain circumstances; requiring certain alcoholic beverages to be obtained through a licensed distributor; prohibiting a distillery from operating as a craft distillery until certain requirements are met; authorizing persons to have common ownership in craft distilleries under certain circumstances; requiring a minimum percentage of a craft distillery’s total finished branded products to be distilled in this state and contain one or more Florida agricultural products after a specified date, etc.